CISA Is 'Trying to Get Back on Its Mission' After Trump Cuts

Acting Director Says Agency Has Stabilized After Major Staff Losses Throughout 2025 Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • January 21, 2026

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency "is trying to get back on its mission" after a year marked by major staffing shakeups, prolonged funding disruptions and cuts that strained federal defenders as foreign cyberthreats intensified, the agency’s acting director told lawmakers Wednesday.

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Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala told the House Homeland Security Committee that CISA has stabilized following a turbulent year and does not anticipate any further organizational changes in fiscal 2026. Gottumukkala said CISA currently employs more than 2,400 personnel and now has the "required workforce" needed to carry out its statutory mission, he asserted. That number is roughly a thousand fewer employees than it had at the start of the Trump administration.

Gottumukkala ...